River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-02
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

A Chicago dispatch of the oath says
that the necessity for more storage room
created by the present speculative situation
has brought about project which is about
70 take shape in the building of new ele-
vator with capacity of $4,000 bushels
IL is 70 be located on Goose Island beside
the Chicago, Milwaukee a st. Paul tracks
1t Is aScertained beyond a reasonable doubt
that the owners are L. ID. Armour and the
above-named railroad company. The con
Summation of this scheme, il Is said may have
some unsatisfactory influence upon the
milling interest at Minneapolis.
VIM. O'Brien. the Irish oritor
arrived at Montreal Friday from Albany,
and was met at the depot by an immense
eoncourse OF people, who took the horse
from the carriage occupied by O'Brien
amid the singing of 'sGOd Save Ireland
The carriage was drawn to st Lawrence
hall. from the balcony of which OBrien
made a speech. His address covered about
the same Grounds he I'd covered before.
He was frequently applauded, and the mem
ton of Transformers name was greeted with
groans and Kisses. Several other speeches
were made, but there was no outbreak,
Local elections took place in Nir-
ginia on the 18th. In Norfolk county
Ashbury. a colored Republican was elected
commemorative attorney, which is said 10
be the first time in the history of the state
where cOlOred man has been elected to
this position. Portsmouth City elected the
Democratic ticket by large majority over
labor ticket
The remains of Mary Harden We're
inferred at Athens, Ga, on Sunday
with the original manuscript of John
Howard Payne's "HOme, Sweet Home, y
which was interlined with the authors pro
testatiOn of love and proposal of marriage
which her father influenced her TO reject
At Wichita, Kansas. Capt. w. 5.
White, one of the most prominent and
highly respected citizens, and for many
years editor Of the Beacon, died at his home
there at 3 O'Clock Friday morning. He was
married TO his betrothed an hour before his
death.
The boiler in a cotton factory at Nat
chez, Miss, exploded on the 2Sth, demol-
ishing the mill. killing half dozen EN-
ployes and injuring many, throwing the $50
employees into a panic. The damage to the
mill Is $4,000, besides loss of time 10 re
build.
The barbecue given Thursday by the
National Butchers Association at Chicago,
i is pronounced the greatest event of the
| kind ON record. Forty thousand persons
were present and 81 900 pounds of meat
| were served.
At a special meeting of the Farmers
/ Institute for the county of Ontario, a
resolution declaring in favor of the removal
[ OF all trade restrictions between Canada
and the United States, was carried
unanimously.
May oath. the siNty-eighth anniver-
sary of Queen Victoria's birthday was
/ Loyalty celebrated in Winnipeg and through
/ out the province. Every town and
village in Manitoba held a celebration.
The business failures during the last
seven days number for the United l53, for
Canada -, a total of l75 against $50 last
week and Isl the corresponding week of
last year.
$4,000. including $4,000 appro-
priated by the Michigan legislature, has
been pledged for the Lake Linden sufferers
A condemned boiler i'm an elevator
at Huntington, ". Va, exploded, wrecking
the elevator and killing several persons.